5 CFR § 293.508 - Type of folder to be used.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s293.508"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 293.508 - Type of folder to be used."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "293.508"
section_name: "Type of folder to be used."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "293"
part_name: "PERSONNEL RECORDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552 and 4315; E.O. 12107 (December 28, 1978), 3 CFR 1954-1958 Comp.; 5 U.S.C. 1103, 1104, and 1302; 5 CFR 7.2; E.O. 9830; 3 CFR 1943-1948 Comp.; 5 U.S.C. 2951(2) and 3301; and E.O. 12107."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 65033, Nov. 9, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "293"
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# 293.508 Type of folder to be used.

Each agency must use a folder that (a) has been specifically identified as the EMF and issued through Federal Supply Service contracts (Standard Form 66 D); (b) has been authorized as an exception to this form by the Office for use by a specific agency; or (c) in the case of an EMF containing records under joint control of the Office and another agency, an exception to the use of this form that has been jointly authorized.